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US Gen John R Allen, the Nato commander in Afghanistan, has apologised over reports foreign troops may have burnt copies of the Koran. The books were taken from prisoners after the US uncovered a secret Taliban message system.
Rumours that a Koran had been bu...

US Gen John R Allen, the Nato commander in Afghanistan, has apologised over reports foreign troops may have burnt copies of the Koran

The books were taken from prisoners after the US uncovered a secret Taliban message system.
Rumours that a Koran had been burnt led to protests outside the US base.
Gen John R Allen said any 'improper disposal' of religious materials was inadvertent

Marie Colvin, a American foreign correspondent for London's The Sunday Times, and war photographer Remi Ochlik, 28, were killed in shelling in Homs

Ochlik had covered conflicts from Haiti to Libya, and won first prize in the World Press Photo general news category
Colleagues remembered Colvin. who lost her left eye to shrapnel while covering a conflict in Sri Lanka

US Gen John R Allen, the Nato commander in Afghanistan, has apologised over reports foreign troops may have burnt copies of the Koran

The books were taken from prisoners after the US uncovered a secret Taliban message system.
Rumours that a Koran had been burnt led to protests outside the US base.
Gen John R Allen said any 'improper disposal' of religious materials was inadvertent

Marie Colvin, a American foreign correspondent for London's The Sunday Times, and war photographer Remi Ochlik, 28, were killed in shelling in Homs

Ochlik had covered conflicts from Haiti to Libya, and won first prize in the World Press Photo general news category
Colleagues remembered Colvin. who lost her left eye to shrapnel while covering a conflict in Sri Lanka

US Gen John R Allen, the Nato commander in Afghanistan, has apologised over reports foreign troops may have burnt copies of the Koran

The books were taken from prisoners after the US uncovered a secret Taliban message system.
Rumours that a Koran had been burnt led to protests outside the US base.
Gen John R Allen said any 'improper disposal' of religious materials was inadvertent

Marie Colvin, a American foreign correspondent for London's The Sunday Times, and war photographer Remi Ochlik, 28, were killed in shelling in Homs

Ochlik had covered conflicts from Haiti to Libya, and won first prize in the World Press Photo general news category
Colleagues remembered Colvin. who lost her left eye to shrapnel while covering a conflict in Sri Lanka